Most of Ted's endeavors involved electrons in some way or other.  He first worked at Ohio  Sound Systems, then Electro Kinetics Division of Standard Oil Research where he contributed to the development of a patent for a lithium battery for the electric-powered automobile.  Later at Honeywell Metrology he implemented an NIST standards instrumentation lab and installed a  state-of-the-art patient monitoring system for cardiac and intensive care units.  In the 1980's he began his twenty-year career with the Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Research Division.  His focus there was in biomedical research, providing support and instrumentation for the National Institutes of Health research grants.  After retiring from there, he is still puttering in electronics, providing RF and electronic engineering support at Aclara RF Systems for their line of automated meter reading products.

Starting in the 1970's Ted also ran his own businesses--Eltron Communications where he repaired and installed public safety communications equipment for local police and fire departments; and Eltron Electronics, LLC which specialized in custom biomedical instrumentation and produced his patented line of transducers used in spinal column research.